Troy Joseph Scroggins, 83, passed away June 26, 2022, in San Antonio. He was born April 26, 1939, in San Antonio, the only child of Troy Scroggins and Zuzanna Rakowitz Scroggins.
He was the grandson of one of the original Polish settlers of Panna Maria, Texas, and builder of the Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Saint Hedwig, Texas.
He was very proud of his Polish roots and of being from Texas. Troy Joseph attended various schools in San Antonio, spending nine years in institutions of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
He was attending seminary to be a priest but left to care for his ill mother and didn’t return. He received a B.A. degree in Latin and English and later an M.A.